by Rick Church, Head Coach, CM Services, Inc. The Association Management Company

How Do Leaders Stay on Top of Their Game?

If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably a leader in your business, your association or both. As a leader, how do you stay on top of your game? What techniques do you utilize to remain a good or even great leader? More importantly, what are you doing to become a better leader?

We all need to find ways to continuously improve. Leaders are no different. I recently read a blog about Leadership Development for Leaders. Click here to read it.

The author offers six great ideas for leadership continuous improvement. I’ve got a few additional suggestions:

1. Read. I find in just about everything I read there are leadership lessons to be learned. Whether it’s business books, self-help books or my favorite, non-fiction – especially biographies.

2. Share/Network. Talk with your friends about leadership. Odds are they are in similar positions in their companies. Find out what they do that works and doesn’t work.

3. Try new techniques. Don’t be afraid to try new approaches to leadership. Emulate something you learned from a friend or read about in a book.

What other ideas do you have to help leaders stay on top of their games?

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Hi Rick – I like your suggestions – especially the first as it is all too rare that reading – especially reading material that is outside of career or industry related topics – is prioritized. Equally important for leaders, it naturally follows, is to clear space and promote reading among the people they are leading. A well read organization is cannot help but be an advantage to themselves and those they serve.

About Rick

Rick Church is Head Coach of CM Services, Inc. The Association Partnership Company. CM Services pioneered the concept of developing long-term partnerships with national and international trade associations and professional medical associations. Mr. Church has published articles and given presentations about association leaders (both volunteer and paid). Mr. Church served as president of the Association Management Company Institute (AMCi). While on AMCi's Board of Directors, Mr. Church was very involved in the development of the AMCi/ANSI standard for Association Management Companies and the AMCi certification program based on that standard.